John Alexander LENNON

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Service Number:	3574
Enlisted:	5 May 1916, Enlisted Geelong Victoria allocated to 8th reinforcement’s 29th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dandenong, Victoria Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Landsborough Memorial Wall, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

5 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3574, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Geelong Victoria allocated to 8th reinforcement’s 29th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3574, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 3574, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
25 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 29th Battalion in the field France
3 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3574, 29th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Shrapnel Wound right thigh Evacuated to Guildford War Hospital for treatment and convalescence
24 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Taken on Strength of 67th Infantry Battalion 6th Division AIF at Windmill Farm UK on raising of the Division
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, Posted back to the 29th Battalion for duty France on disbandment of the 6th Division AIF in the UK
29 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3574, 29th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action Morlancourt France

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Brother of

133 Hugh Lennon Trooper A Squadron 8th LHR Killed in Action at The Nek Gallipoli 7th August 1915 and

1366 Richard Lennon Private 2nd Reinforcement's 7th Battalion Killed in Action at Lone Pine on the same night of 7th/8th August 1915